Thanks for all the feedback here.. good ideas and pointers..
What I've decided on is:
- Keeping all the VM doc in PDF files on my laptop
- Using Google Desktop (the Linux version of course) to find what I'm
looking for.
It would still be cool to do a 'help cpquery nss' or something similar
Maybe IBM could create a Windows compiled Help file for those using a
Windows desktop and INFO or MAN files for those using a Linux desktop.
There is a pdf2docbook utility from Cambridge Systems. It produces ugly,
ugly output (like most Docbook related things), but it's one way to
handle PDFs.
attachments without reading, forwarding or saving them. Thank you.
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Do you have a web server
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Ivica Brodaric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Have a look at IBM Softcopy Librarian and IBM Softcopy Reader (both free):
While the books in BookManager format are about 15% of the size of a
PDF for the book, the Java client of 60 MB (!) spoiled some of the
fun. And I
But, searching a PDF for a keyword is far less good than the search
method in bookmanager read, both in performance and in the
presentation of the search result. (Even though FoxitReader searches
faster than Acrobat reader, both need to scan the whole PDF file what
takes time).
2008/8/6 Rob van
And I did get used to the improved layout of the PDF books.
-Rob
I use PDF format for longer reading, BookManager format for quick search. If
you download whole bookshelves, they come with bookshelf indexes which let
you search even multiple bookshelves pretty quickly.
Mind you, I just went
But, searching a PDF for a keyword is far less good than the search
method in bookmanager read, both in performance and in the
presentation of the search result. (Even though FoxitReader searches
faster than Acrobat reader, both need to scan the whole PDF file what
takes time).
Only if the
Have a look at IBM Softcopy Librarian and IBM Softcopy Reader (both free):
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/applications/office/bkmgr/librarian.html
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/applications/office/bkmgr/softcopyread.html
You need Windows with Java for both. The Librarian lets you download (or
I often want to see a z/VM help file when I don't have access to z/VM or am
not online, to figure out the syntax of a command, etc. I know there are
PDF manuals, etc -- but was wondering if anyone knew of something that:
- Download MAINT 19D files to workstation (this can be done with ftp
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any attachments without reading, forwarding or saving them. Thank you.
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I often want to see
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I often want to see a z/VM help file when I don't have access to z/VM or
am not online, to figure out the syntax of a command, etc. I know
, forwarding or saving them. Thank you.
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Do you have a web server on your VM system? (ESAWEB?)
Rick Troth's
] Portable z/VM help?
Where might one find that tool (CMSHELP CGIREXX) ?
thx
Lionel B. Dyck, Consultant/Specialist
Enterprise Platform Services, Mainframe Engineering
KP-IT Enterprise Engineering
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Where might one find that tool (CMSHELP CGIREXX) ?
thx
Lionel B. Dyck
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Where might one find that tool (CMSHELP CGIREXX) ?
thx
On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 8:31 PM, Scott Rohling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I often want to see a z/VM help file when I don't have access to z/VM or am
not online, to figure out the syntax of a command, etc. I know there are
PDF manuals, etc -- but was wondering if anyone knew of something that:
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